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Politics, Religion, Science, Culture and Humanities / Science, Culture, & Humanities / British Man to Get New Penis Created From Forearm Tissue
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on: March 21, 2013, 02:25:59 PM
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http://www.everydayhealth.com/sexual-health/british-man-to-get-new-penis-created-from-forearm-tissue-9325.aspx?xid=aol_rss British Man to Get New Penis Created From Forearm Tissue Born without a penis, 39-year-old Andrew Wardle will soon undergo surgery to create a functioning organ using skin and tissue from his arm. By Erin Hicks, Everyday Health Staff Writer WEDNESDAY, March 20, 2013 — A British man born without a penis is preparing to go under the knife in a surgery that would create a functioning penis using skin and tissue taken from his arm. Andrew Wardle, a 39-year-old from London, was born with testicles but without a penis, and with an ectopic bladder, meaning it formed outside his body, according to The Sun. Growing up, he had kidney problems and infections, and underwent 15 operations to build a tube from his bladder so he could urinate. “I never thought this day would come, and I still can’t believe it is possible for me to actually have a fully functioning penis,” Wardle told The Sun. Surgery to construct a penis has been done in the United States, but is not common, said Christopher M. Gonzalez, MD, professor of urology at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. “There are people here [in the United States] more than capable of doing [this type of procedure]. We do a lot of reconstructive work, but we don’t see a lot of people with this type of surgery,” said Dr. Gonzalez. How Penis Reconstruction Surgery Works Gonzalez explained that the surgery, called a forearm free-flap procedure, involves taking a piece of tissue from the inside of the forearm, as well as the radial artery that runs along the forearm. The artery can be put in place in the area underneath the scrotum to provide blood supply, then the tissue, muscle, and skin from the forearm can be formed into a penis. There are a few potentially serious complications from the surgery. The skin could die or the tissue could refuse to take, for example. Rarely, blood clots could occur, Gonzalez said. Some patients have permanent scars on their arm from which the tissue was taken, but for the most part there aren’t many complaints from patients about scarring, he added. Wardle is opting for an additional surgery to build a tube from his bladder so he could urinate normally, though there are other options, said Gonzalez. One is to to create a hole under the scrotum from which a man could urinate. Additional procedures could be done so the reconstructed penis could ejaculate, and even become erect. For ejaculation to be possible, a surgeon could form a tube inside the flap to create a urethra from the prostate, Gonzalez said. Sex Life After Surgery? If you’re wondering whether a person who has had penis reconstruction surgery can have an erection and be sexually intimate with a partner, the answer is yes, but it’ll take more than Viagra. While many men who have had such surgery have feeling in their reconstructed penises, the tissue that's used to form the penis — like that from the forearm — lacks erectile tissue. Therefore, having an erection would require some type of prosthesis. “You have two options: A malleable penile prosthesis, which involves a couple of cylinders in the penis you would bend up or down when you want it to become erect, or an inflatable prosthesis that fills with saline that you could pump and then deflate when you don’t want an erection,” said Gonzalez. Like Sex Change Surgery The reconstructive surgery Wardle is undergoing is the same that a female would face if she wanted to become a male, said Gonzalez. “For women who want sex changes, this is what they would do,” he said. Penis reconstruction surgery isn’t common because there aren’t many men born with Wardle’s rare condition. Other candidates for this type of surgery: Men needing construction after penile cancer, or someone who had a traumatic accident and had their penis amputated. “We see that once in a while, but it’s pretty rare,” Gonzalez said. Wardle is an ideal patient for this type of surgery, according to Gonzalez, because he’s older and can deal with the psychological issues that come along with the surgery. “I think he is a good index patient for something like this,” Gonzalez said. “With proper psychological counseling, I think he would certainly benefit.” Last Updated: 03/20/2013
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / Re: MMA Thread
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on: March 20, 2013, 12:01:18 AM
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I got my right ulna broken by that kick in 1982 at the Kali Academy.
I liked that the fighter here was concerned for the fallen opponent; it was a very, very bad KO.
Woof Guro C, Wow about your ulna. Powerful kick Yeah, Uriah Hall did his celebratory thing but he didn't realize the extent of damage he caused. Once he saw he was super-concerned. |
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / Maestro Sonny Umpad on sharing knowledge
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on: November 19, 2012, 09:37:27 PM
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"You can always tell someone who has no roots, because he guards the leaves. But the true student has roots and a trunk, so he is always willing to give away leaves freely."
~Maestro Sonny Umpad
Sonny Umpad's Eskrima: The Life and Teachings of a Filipino Martial Arts Master
By George M. Yore
pg 36
Blue Snake Books
Bekeley, California
Copyright 2012
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / KO - Rich Franklin x Cung Le - UFC on FUEL 6 (Macau) 11/10/12
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on: November 11, 2012, 11:29:34 PM
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I like both fighters - Franklin and Le. Hate to see either one lose. Sad to see a fighter of Franklin's experience/caliber to neglect a BASIC - HANDS UP! I only had time to make a gif of the KO from the realtime footage...sometime later tomorrow night, will make gif's of the KO from the slowmo footage and edit into this entry. My friend Joe Silvia (aka Ausgepicht. is a MMA coach) is always ranting how coaches and fighters don't set up their low round kicks with the hands. Ace paid the price. |
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
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on: November 11, 2012, 10:26:55 PM
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My deepest gratitude for: - The Veterans of Past, Present and Future - THANK YOU!
- DBIMA for the Veteran's Day Sale - it caught me off-guard as I was budgeting to save for Christmas purchases, but I will be living on a tight budget next few weeks to make it work
- Pretty Kitty for her speedy replies to my questions regarding the Veteran's Day sale
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / Re: A Father's Question
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on: October 15, 2012, 08:28:21 PM
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Woof Guide Dog,
Salamat po for the advice!
She was the same daughter who passed test to get into the Baccalaureate School of Global Education if I remember the name correctly. That school is also highly rsnked within NYC But she failed the interview as she was too quiet when teachers put her into a group and have them work together towards done project. Proud of her. Will keep you up on her progress.
Very truly yours,
-sg
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Politics, Religion, Science, Culture and Humanities / Science, Culture, & Humanities / NY Times - Long Live Paper
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on: October 11, 2012, 02:08:21 PM
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Woof bigdog, very cool! thank you. --------------------------------------------------- Op-Ed Contributor Long Live Paper By JUSTIN B. HOLLANDER Published: October 9, 2012 Medford, Mass. LAST week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan declared a war on paper textbooks. “Over the next few years,” he said in a speech at the National Press Club, “textbooks should be obsolete.” In their place would come a variety of digital-learning technologies, like e-readers and multimedia Web sites. Such technologies certainly have their place. But Secretary Duncan is threatening to light a bonfire to a tried-and-true technology — good old paper — that has been the foundation for one of the great educational systems on the planet. And while e-readers and multimedia may seem appealing, the idea of replacing an effective learning platform with a widely hyped but still unproven one is extremely dangerous. A renowned expert on reading, Maryanne Wolf, has recently begun studying the effects of digital reading on learning, and so far the results are mixed. She worries that Internet reading, in particular, could be such a source of distractions for the student that they may cancel out most other potential benefits of a Web-linked, e-learning environment. And while it’s true that the high-tech industry has sponsored substantial amounts of research on the potential benefits of Web-based learning, not enough time has passed for longitudinal studies to demonstrate the full effects. In addition, digital-reading advocates claim that lightweight e-books benefit students’ backs and save schools money. But the rolling backpack seems to have solved the weight problem, and the astounding costs to outfit every student with an e-reader, provide technical support and pay for regular software updates promise to make the e-textbook a very pricey option. As both a teacher who uses paper textbooks and a student of urban history, I can’t help but wonder what parallels exist between my own field and this sudden, wholesale abandonment of the technology of paper. For example, when cars began to fill America’s driveways, and new highways were laid across the land, the first thing cities did was encourage the dismantling of our train systems. Streetcar lines were torn up. A result, for many cities, was to rip apart the urban core and run highways through it, which only accelerated the flow of residents, commerce and investment to the suburbs. But in recent years, new streetcar lines have been built or old systems extended in places like Pittsburgh, Jersey City and Phoenix. They are casting aside a newer technology in favor of an older one. This lesson of technology-inspired extinction can be retold in many other domains of life: the way phonographs nearly disappeared when the music CD was invented; the rejection of bicycles in the middle of the 20th century; the shuttering of Polaroid factories with the advent of digital cameras. My point is not that these are all pernicious or reversible developments. On the contrary, we have all benefited from new advances in medicine, communications and computing, even those that displaced familiar technologies. The Polaroid is a wonderful device for what it is, but it will and should remain a technological novelty. On the other hand, few higher-tech formats deliver the lush sound quality of the vinyl record, and younger generations have recently returned to the format. In other words, we shouldn’t jump at a new technology simply because it has advantages; only time and study will reveal its disadvantages and show the value of what we’ve left behind. Which brings us back to paper. With strength and durability that could last thousands of years, paper can preserve information without the troubles we find when our most cherished knowledge is stuck on an unreadable floppy disk or lost deep in the “cloud.” Paper textbooks can be stored and easily referenced on a shelf. Data are as easy to retrieve from paper as reaching across your desk for a textbook. They are easy to read and don’t require a battery or plug. Though the iPad and e-readers have increasingly better screen clarity, the idea that every time a person reads a book, newspaper or magazine in the near future they will require an energy source is frightening. The digitization of information offers important benefits, including instant transmission, easy searchability and broad distribution. But before we shred the last of the paper textbooks, let us pause and remember those old streetcars, and how great it would be if we still had them around. Justin B. Hollander is an assistant professor of urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University and the author of “Sunburnt Cities: The Great Recession, Depopulation and Urban Planning in the American Sunbelt.” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/opinion/long-live-paper.html |
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / Re: Boxing Thread
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on: October 11, 2012, 01:52:58 PM
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Sin #5. Don’t lead from the outside with an inside punch. The uppercut is an inside punch. The hook is an inside punch. Floyd Mayweather has a slick and effective left hook lead, but only because he uses it correctly. He uses it sparingly, he uses it selectively, but he is also Floyd Mayweather and there’s only one of those. As a general rule…don’t do it. Don’t lead with a hook or with an uppercut. They are outside punches and take too long to reach their mark. Instead, properly set them up with lead punches and sprinkle them into your combinations to make them most effective.
[/quote] I'm guessing it's a typo and Doug Ward meant "inside" punches when he wrote "outside" |
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Politics, Religion, Science, Culture and Humanities / Science, Culture, & Humanities / how old do you think I am
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on: October 11, 2012, 09:12:00 AM
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Woof C-Yo Dog, yikes! thx! ---------------------------- A woman decides to have a facelift for her 50th birthday. She spends $15,000 and feels pretty good about the results. On her way home, she stops at a newsstand to buy a newspaper. Before leaving, she says to the clerk, 'I hope you don't mind my asking, but how old do you think I am?’ 'About 32,' is the reply.' 'Nope! I'm exactly 50,' the woman says happily. A little while later she goes into McDonald's and asks the counter girl the very same question. The girl replies, 'I'd guess about 29.' The woman replies with a big smile, 'Nope, I'm 50.' Now she's feeling really good about herself. She stops in a drug store on her way down the street. She goes up to the counter to get some mints and asks the clerk this burning question. The clerk responds, 'Oh, I'd say 30.' Again she proudly responds, 'I'm 50, but thank you!' While waiting for the bus to go home, she asks an old man waiting next to her the same question. He replies, ' Lady, I'm 78 and my eyesight is going. Although, when I was young there was a sure-fire way to tell how old a woman was. It sounds very forward, but it requires you to let me put my hands under your bra. Then and only then can I tell you EXACTLY how old you are.' They wait in silence on the empty street until her curiosity gets the best of her. She finally blurts out, 'What the hell, go ahead.' He slips both of his hands under her blouse and begins to feel around very slowly and carefully. He bounces and weighs each breast and he gently pinches each nipple. He pushes her breasts together and rubs them against each other. After a couple of minutes of this, she says, 'Okay, okay....How old am I?' He completes one last squeeze of her breasts, removes his hands, and says, 'Madam, you are 50.' Stunned and amazed, the woman says, 'That was incredible, how could you tell?' The old man says, 'Promise you won't get mad?' 'I promise I won't' she says. 'I was behind you at McDonalds.' |
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
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on: October 11, 2012, 08:57:09 AM
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I haven't posted regularly on this thread, sometimes I believe if I talk about something, it may jinx things. 2 days ago - coworker (from different area) fainted in the ladies room. another coworker (who works in our area) found her unconcious and rushed out and called 911 we don't know the woman as she is in a different area. EMT/firefighters and police showed up and took her to hospital yesterday yesterday found out she passed away  didn't want to pry, clueless on details other than she was 40 yrs old. RIP please make sure you tell your loved ones you love them today and every day. we don't know when it's time. last night, got home and told my family about what happened... i told them i loved them individually and hugged them. thankful for my family and health. |
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / The Cardinal Sins of Boxing by Doug Ward
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on: October 10, 2012, 11:22:51 PM
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Thank you Leo Daher for posting this elsewhere which I copied and pasted here. http://www.titleboxing.com/news/the-cardinal-sins-of-boxing/The Cardinal Sins of Boxing
by Doug Ward on October 9, 2012
There are some very specific things you have to do inside the ring to be a good boxer, but there are also some very specific things you should NEVER do in the ring in order to be a good boxer. Of course, there are the basic rules, like…don’t drop your jab when you bring it back, don’t step with the wrong foot first, be sure to keep your hands up and so on. Aside from some of these types of common, basic mistakes, there are a few more advanced ones that should be taken very seriously. Consider them the Cardinal Sins of Boxing.
Sin #1. Never, ever drop your hands when you are coming out of an exchange. If you step back with your hands down, you are almost always guaranteed to get clipped. Instances where this has come back to bite a fighter are endless, but for a perfect example, type Mike McCallum versus Donald Curry into YouTube and, at least, watch the fifth round to see the last, biggest mistake a once-promising fighter ever made.
Sin #2. Never step straight back when you go on the defensive. Step side to side, give your opponent angles and force them to adjust their attack to find you. When you move straight back, you are staying right in the line of fire and right on the end of your opponents punches…the last place you want to be.
Sin #3. When you have just ducked and slipped a combination and are coming up from a crouched position, come up throwing. Don’t just expect your opponent to stop throwing and let you stand up to engage again. Transform it into an offensive move by immediately retaliating from your defensive position and turning the tide back in your favor.
Sin #4. Never reach out to block punches. Make your opponent come to you. Make him commit to the punch, commit his weight and then counter. When you meet the punch half way, you make your opponent’s job too easy. Again, if you want a perfect example, look at the fourth round of Lennox Lewis versus Hasim Rahman on YouTube. The third round says it all.
Sin #5. Don’t lead from the outside with an inside punch. The uppercut is an inside punch. The hook is an inside punch. Floyd Mayweather has a slick and effective left hook lead, but only because he uses it correctly. He uses it sparingly, he uses it selectively, but he is also Floyd Mayweather and there’s only one of those. As a general rule…don’t do it. Don’t lead with a hook or with an uppercut. They are outside punches and take too long to reach their mark. Instead, properly set them up with lead punches and sprinkle them into your combinations to make them most effective.
Once you’re inside the ring, there are a myriad of mistakes you can make. Any one of them may be minor and have little or no effect on the outcome of the fight. Then, there is the other kind. It is major. It can be dramatic and it can work against you, sometimes spelling your defeat. No mistakes are good, but breaking any one of the Cardinal Sins of Boxing and you’re opening yourself up to making a major faux pas. It is usually unforgiving with bad consequences and you won’t get away with it very often. Confess to yourself or to your coach that you will never be tempted to do any of these. There is no good in them. Now go and sin no more. |
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / Cheating in Schools
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on: October 10, 2012, 03:39:58 PM
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Background:My ConcernMy oldest daughter took the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) and made it into Stuyvesant HS ("Stuy"). The only way to be admitted into this prestigious public (free) high school is to take the SHSAT and score above the 8 Specialized High Schools' cutoff scores. Stuy has the highest cutoff of the 8 schools. Stuy used to be consistently ranked in the 30's nationwide, seems like they fell to #58 this year. Principal Stanley Teitel retired after the scandal. Ran the school for 13 yrs. Although I truly believe cheating is prevalent in any school, I'm afraid the pressure on my daughter to excel in Stuy may pressure her to cheat. Afterall, she is in a school that has some of the smartest kids in NYC as her peers. Although I've taught her cheating will not get her far in life, I'm still a little concerned that the pressured environment may force her to cheat. On the flip side, she may be one of the smartest and won't cheat, but other students may copy off of her and the teacher may accuse my daughter of cheating. Perhaps I'm worrying over nothing but this is but one issue that continually plagues me.
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / The Three R's ???
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on: October 05, 2012, 11:19:24 AM
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Guro C, 3) Enemies of Respect, Reason, and Reciprocity e.g. Islamo-fascists and others of this meme.
The Three R's  : Respect, Reason, and Reciprocity from the Rambling Rumination: In Search of the Totality of Ritual & Reality (c) thread |
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / Re: "Craftyisms"
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on: September 27, 2012, 03:35:57 PM
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DOH! How are these not on this list yet?
"Walk as a Warrior for all their days"
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"The 3 F's: Fun, Fit, and Functional"
"The 3 H's: Hurt, Heal, and Harmonize" (I've heard Dr. Gyi used this before)
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / Re: DB in the media
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on: September 27, 2012, 03:23:55 PM
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just a guess, old owners allowed google to scan and put up the books for free. the old owners sold to new owners who took over in 2005... i could be wrong though. hoping black belt will allow scanning and free viewing of 2005 onwards
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DBMA Martial Arts Forum / Martial Arts Topics / Re: DB in the media
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on: September 27, 2012, 02:26:35 PM
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Nice finds SG! Can you find my Kali Tudo article? (Sept '05)  Tail wags Guro C. Google Books sadly only put up the first issue of Black Belt through December 2004. Digression: although there are a few holes here and there I've noticed, it's almost complete from the beginning through 2004. |
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